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diff --git a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt index dff17b3178..d284155cf3 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt @@ -570,8 +570,9 @@ it to keep commits that started empty. Directory rename detection ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -The merge and interactive backends work fine with -directory rename detection. The am backend sometimes does not. +Directory rename heuristics are enabled in the merge and interactive +backends. Due to the lack of accurate tree information, directory +rename detection is disabled in the am backend. include::merge-strategies.txt[] @@ -979,7 +980,7 @@ when the merge operation did not even start), it is rescheduled immediately. At this time, the `merge` command will *always* use the `recursive` merge strategy for regular merges, and `octopus` for octopus merges, -strategy, with no way to choose a different one. To work around +with no way to choose a different one. To work around this, an `exec` command can be used to call `git merge` explicitly, using the fact that the labels are worktree-local refs (the ref `refs/rewritten/onto` would correspond to the label `onto`, for example). |